Don't forget that the original stadium roof has never been conducive to holding noise within the bowl - on three sides the roof leans backwards - when they did the new South Stand Roof it was constructed with a downward facing roof which is much better at holding the noise in the stadium, but of course its only one end. I am convinced this is part of the problemits really odd.
I'm up in 318,been there since it was opened.
sometimes its bang on,other times indifferent,this season a bit better for some reason.
but whats really odd,yet not surprising,the noise,or lack of it from ss1 rarely reaches us up there,
it never seems loud where I'am from down on level 1,yet when i watch a few youtube vids from level 1 it souds really loud and boisterous etc
my 15 year old comes up with good uns from time to time.
like when we're sung at ,that we've never won the european cup/champs league.
he says
100 points,you'll never see that
100 points,you'll never do that
or
all 3 domestic cups
you'll never see that
you'll never do that
amazes me , we let forest,villa,chelsea sing that to us,and we don't reply with a greater achievement
I often wondered why sometimes when its quiet up there ( I'm on the back row ) , if i drop one its seems to ricochet here there and everywhere ;-)Don't forget that the original stadium roof has never been conducive to holding noise within the bowl - on three sides the roof leans backwards - when they did the new South Stand Roof it was constructed with a downward facing roof which is much better at holding the noise in the stadium, but of course its only one end. I am convinced this is part of the problem
I wish people would stop saying this. Nobody is intimated or motivated by a banner or a few fucking flags. It's noise that matters and the proper noise happens when the whole stadium sing, and they do it when the signing end leads them with a loud noise they can all quickly join in with.
I happen to believe that the people in the singing areas aren't aware of how disjointed things are where they are. Two songs going at once, daft clapalong songs about ex players, etc. The proper noise comes not when 400 lads are clapping along to "Never Felt More like singing the blues". The proper noise comes when the South Stand upper tier belt out "Blue Moon" or "We're Not Really Here" and everyone joins in.
The best example ever was the first ever game v Chelsea when it opened.
I know. Also, if you sit on the right hand side of the Colin bell upper tier( looking from the pitch) which is where I am, you can hear the singing in the two singing areas clearly, even though you are pretty much as far away as you can be. If you sit on the bottom tier of the Colin bell left hand side which is very close to the singing areas, you can’t hear them. The sound from the bottom tiers drifts upwards and out of the stadium whereas the sound from the top tiers fills the bowl.its really odd.
I'm up in 318,been there since it was opened.
sometimes its bang on,other times indifferent,this season a bit better for some reason.
but whats really odd,yet not surprising,the noise,or lack of it from ss1 rarely reaches us up there,
it never seems loud where I'am from down on level 1,yet when i watch a few youtube vids from level 1 it souds really loud and boisterous etc
The clapping song.Do I not like clapping songs. They should be banned from the Etihad.
A filthy Rag habit.
I agree in a way.I know. Also, if you sit on the right hand side of the Colin bell upper tier( looking from the pitch) which is where I am, you can hear the singing in the two singing areas clearly, even though you are pretty much as far away as you can be. If you sit on the bottom tier of the Colin bell left hand side which is very close to the singing areas, you can’t hear them. The sound from the bottom tiers drifts upwards and out of the stadium whereas the sound from the top tiers fills the bowl.
The only area that produces proper sound is your area but I keep hearing people say what you say: you can’t hear anything. It literally couldn’t be a worse design for songs to spread. That’s why the only practical solution is for the singers to be in the top tier but they won’t. The introduction of rail seating has probably killed that potential off forever.
This is the be-all and end-all of atmospheric discussion.I agree in a way.
but the other week,copenhagen in the bottem ss level 1 were very loud,i don't even think they were sold out down there but made a real racket,and could be heard from where we were.